I am an expert in curriculum development using the backward design system and curriculum mapping. I have helped teachers all over the world develop an aligned curriculum so that they deliver on their promise.

My story starts back in 2010, when I was working as an educational consultant with educators all around the globe.

I was helping them in designing an aligned curriculum that would help them to teach their students and deliver what was expected and keeping them engaged.

How did I do this?

I would put in place processes of curriculum review and analysis for schools to avoid gaps and redundancies in

curriculum programs.

I've always been an entrepreneur and I have owned lots of different businesses since I was 21 years old.

When I was a teacher in Mountain Brook, Alabama, I started learning more about Understanding by Design to plan

curriculum backwards and keep students focused and engaged based on an outcome goal.

I was always the kind of teacher that likes to keep students engaged. When I taught ancient history, our module on Ancient Egypt included the process of mummification. We mummified chickens in the back of our classroom to go through the mummification process.

I've always wanted to be involved in that kind of teaching and learning. And then when I started consulting, I really loved that helping other teachers accomplish that as well.

I loved the creative part of ensuring that all of the elements of a quality curriculum were in place so that the outcome will be engaging, positive and successful.

So, in 2010, I decided that I wanted to live a laptop life. I sold my car, my house, and everything I had and I quit my job. Then, I moved to Isla Mujeres, a Caribbean island near Cancun, Mexico, where I continued as an entrepreneur.

Once I arrived, I began searching for needs that I could solve. I started my own vacation rental business, where I helped market properties on the Island for rentals. I partnered with other businesses to collaborate, build and recommend each other and lift our other businesses using collaborative marketing and reviews and testimonials.

We now have multiple businesses that are grounded in tourism. Vacation Rentals, Concierge, Catering, Entertainment, and a Restaurant. When the pandemic started, the island shut down and our restaurant was closed. We had 15 families that worked for us that we needed to support. We needed to pivot.

I did everything I could and I started taking online courses just to learn new things. It was this that made me realize, they really weren’t that good.

I began exploring through numerous online courses. I purchased so many courses and rarely completed them or found success. This left me feeling frustrated and ashamed as well as a negative feeling about the course itself.

I noticed that there are millions of courses online and most of them cannot generate a transformation in the lives of their students. In fact, many of them were nothing more than a recorded presentation of information. Others were too much too fast and not engaging and left me feeling overwhelmed and feeling too far behind to catch up.

The stats about course completion are depressing and quite alarming...

Entrepreneurs are buying courses and they either quit midway or never do anything at all.

When I realized this, I kept thinking, “Gosh, I could help them. If they would just do a small tweak here and optimize that, it would dramatically increase the quality of their course.”

I researched to find out what were the problems happening with these online courses.

What I found out was that the main issue is that so many people talk about not finishing a course and how many courses they've invested in and never opened and, or never finished.

Even two of the high ticket courses that I've taken. I don't think I really stayed engaged the whole way from start to finish.

This is not how your students will learn.

Understanding where your students are at right now and giving them what they need, when they are ready for it and how they can best understand and apply it to their life is the answer. This is the transformation.

Courses have to keep their students engaged. When life happens and they have to step away, give them opportunities to step back in and complete the course and get success because the real way they’re going to make more money with online courses is by selling more online courses.

And, if you want to sell more courses, you need to have the validation and social proof to prove that your methods are working. But, how will you get amazing testimonials, reviews, and referrals if you can’t keep you students engaged?

This is when I realized that I actually have this skill and can help these struggling course creators find a solution to this enormous problem.

Most course creators know the importance of reviews to create trust and social proof. But, they don’t have a strategy to keep students engaged in their course to complete it and give the review.

And if this is a huge problem you are facing, then I am here to help you.